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I have read and re-read this book a thousand times. During class I have been making notes about what is going to happen and what I need to explain. I have a page on just appearances!! I have drawn the battle outfits for Usagi and I have this story almost totally planned out! So I just want to say... I AM HAVING FUN!! I want to write this story because I find it fun, so I don't care what people think! (Although I would appreciate some reviews, onegai?) I know it sounds like all I do is write but class is boring and I like this book. I can read really fast so that is how I can read the book twice in one day.
Okay I'm going to explain some things about Nightseer for the people who haven't read it and may be confused in later chapters (or right now).
There are many types of magic. Some of them are:
Sorcery, Enchanter, Illusionist, Herb Witch, Vision Prophet, Dream Prophet, Black Healer, Grey Healer, White Healer, Conjurer*, Earth Witch*(*).
*These ones aren't talked about much so I don't know much about them.
(*) There may be fire, water and wind witches too, I'm not sure.
White healers are good and only use their own strength to heal others, Grey healers are in between good and evil and can take their strength from animals to heal themselves or others, Black healers are considered evil and can heal demon got wounds and demon poison when white healers can not even touch demon poison. They can use the life force of other humans to heal themselves or others.
Sorcery is instant magic that includes transportation and calling fire, ice ect. all the elements basically. Wards are a form of sorcery. They are power 'walls' that are almost invisible, that can be pain, fire or almost any type of element. Sorcery is unstable magic, that if rushed can backlash onto the caster. If you are a sorcerer it is worst to be a dream prophet as well because then it is easier to have 'accidents'.
Enchantment can be instant or worked up slowly. It is more stable and there is no fear of backlash. Enchantment also has wards.
Herb witchery is slow magic that you need to know the symbols and have the right ingredients to use. All three can be used as shields but if you have time herb witchery shield are most strong because once put up they no longer pull on the caster, unlike sorcery.
A lot of spells can be done by all types of magic with only small differences.

There are many Gods and Goddesses in this book and I'm going to outline some of them.
All-Mother Cia - Is a healer and all that is good.
Shalinelle - Elven Goddess of beauty, truth, and music. She is an illusionist, but usually you have to be part elf to worship her.
Elventir - Elven God of Agriculture, most earth-witches worshiped him. He accepted any type of plant for a sacrifice.
Urle - Human God of Smithy. Most enchanters are priestesses or priest's in his temple. He accepted magic items that are metal, or are made by fire of a forge.
Urelle or Wolelle - Goddess of the hunt, archery and all wild things. She is the half-elven daughter of Urle and Shalinelle. She has a vindictive nature and she wants sacrifices made by hand by the worshiper.
Zardok - God of Wealth and the sorcerer among Gods. He is also the God of Madness. Some people don't worship him because of that and that he is too unpredictable and too powerful. He is the consort to the All-Mother. He only accepts expensive metals and jewels. He is not a God for poor people.
Loth - God of bloodshed, war and violence. His favorite sacrifices are a bird of prey and his followers blood. He is an evil God.
Mother Bane - All I can say is that she is the opposite of Cia: Totally Evil.
Shadow Lady - Is the only illusionist among the Gods besides Shalinelle, elven Goddess of beauty, truth and music. The Shadow Lady is considered evil and was a de-throned Goddess, though she still had power. She is a shadow for she has lost her name and her body.

If you have magic you can go to schools or keeps to learn how to control and use your magic. Zeln's Keep is the largest keep in Astrantha and has let peasants go to the school. The High Councilman Nesbit does not like the peasants going to the school because then they will get the right to vote and be seen as people and fears what may happen then. In the school you start as apprentice then to a first year journeyman then as you master your magic your year goes up and when you have you magic totally under control you can become a Master.

If you have anymore questions either e-mail me or review!!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything ^_^; (I hate these things)

Junsuisa
Chapter six: The Pit

Larky-chan reviewed!! THANK YOU!! I was beginning to believe that no one was reading my story!! I know I said I wanted to reviews but I didn't want to wait. Okay this chapter deals with torture!! Just to warn ya!! Oh and Usagi's last name is Gekko, it means moonlight (how original! ^_^;)

"The Gods walk among us. It's a bad sign." - Chapter three of Nightseer.

"Are you ready?" Keleios asked, turning to Usagi and Belor.
"I've been ready for this since I was five." Usagi replied. Belor nodded in agreement.
Usagi and Keleios were now both 17. Keleios the Prophet had finished Zeln's school, leaving with the Master rank for Dreamer. She is a powerful vision and dream prophet, a herb witch and an enchanter. She is also a minor priestess in Urle's temple, as are most enchanters. Usagi is one too. Usagi the Enchanter had had a Master rank also, but hers was striped by the council two years ago when she discovered that she had sorcery as well as being enchanter and a herb witch, although she was never really good at herb witchery. Belor the Dreammaker was only an illusionist, but a really good one. Belor had some of the best illusions at the keep. He taught some of the Master Illusionists to better their illusions.
At the moment Keleios, Usagi and Belor stood outside the keep, getting ready to transport to the Grey Isle. Where Harque was. Twelve years ago Keleios had made a vow to kill Harque for what she had done. She finally felt strong enough to do so. Usagi went with her for she too had seen the horror of what Harque had done. Belor, a childhood friend of both girls, would not let them do this alone.
All three were dressed ready for battle. Keleios Incantare was wearing her battle beaten leather armor. It was a deep brown with gold plated studding. Her magic golden bracers that gave her enchanted strength covered the leather of her forearms. A long sword for fighting was on her right hip while Luckweaver rode on her left. Luckweaver was a sword named for the luck it gave to the wearer. It weaves luck into the person. A long brown cloak covered the gold shield she carried, sweeping the ground. Brown leather boots with hardened leather soles cover her pants up to her knees.
Usagi Gekko had turned into a warrior. She had made her own leather armor with her own hands. A thick form fitting brown leather top with detached sleeve's that only reached her elbows, metal plating covering the rest of her arms. Four silver bracelets, two on each wrist, acted as a strengthener. They were almost like Keleios's bracers, giving her magical strength. Soft leather pants with thick cross stitching decorating them were covered by knee high boots with hard leather soles that were worn over the pants. A leather scabbard held her long sword, named Killing Silver (Koroshi Gin). Her knee length hair was kept pulled back in a tight high ponytail, with two thin braids on either side of her head. The golden hair brushed the top of her boots. A long deep green cloak swept to the ground giving her warmth.
Belor wore his own chain mail, with metal armor and a large metal helmet. A gold shield, like Keleios's and a large magic sword were worn on his left side, while a pouch with a magic spell and some things to help his illusions sat on the right. Three daggers were hidden among his armor, virtually undetectable. His baby fine hair swirl in a stray wind, blowing into his blue eyes. He had a black cloak covering the silver of the metal, hiding him from sight. Belor was prepared for battle.
"Let's go!" And they were gone.

"AHHHRRGGG!" The scream changing to a groan. Usagi was swinging her sword to every side, slashing at the demons on every side. Usagi wouldn't give up with out a fight. The moment the trio had arrived on the Grey Isle the had been meet by a small army of demons. Some how Harque had know they were coming. "ARRGG!" She yelled again as she took her sword in a two handed grip, swinging it around in an almost familiar gesture. Slicing open the stomach of one demon, cutting the arm of the next. There were to many of them! Usagi couldn't even see Keleios or Belor any longer through all the demons. Every once and a while she could her screams and that assured her that they must still be alive... she hoped.
Switching her sword to one hand she threw wild sorcery with the other. Fire and Ice hit the demons making them cream out in pain but still did not stop them from advancing. She threw anything that she could think of but to no avail. The demons did not even slow.
The long green cloak she had worn was now in tatters, half of it ripped away. Her armor had held up, but was beginning to show the signs of tearing. A demon came at her back while she threw a spell of pain at another. Long claws sliced right through the back of her armor into her skin and finally stopping right before reaching her spine.
Usagi's eyes opened wide, her back arching, trying to get away from the pain. No sound escaped her mouth as she wrenched free of the claws. She could feel the sharp end cutting deeper into her as she moved away. Finally free she spun around sticking her sword into the belly of the large black demon. Blood flowed down her back in a warm flood, joining all the other blood covering the ground. She whirled around shoving her sword into the droves of demons, but soon her mind began to slow and she felt the dizziness of the blood loss. Her right arm felt like it could no longer lift the weight that is her sword. The pain began to fade in the dizziness and she could barely see because her vision had become blurry. Slowly she dropped her sword, falling to her knees, before keeling over entirely, as the demons over took her...

Usagi...
Usagi.....
"Usagi."
"Usagi!"
She woke with a start, springing up into sitting position, before wincing and curling up against the pain. Keleios's face came into view as she looked at Usagi with a concerned expression. "Are you okay?" she asked. Keleios had been awake for some time and had seen the blood puddle forming under her friend. Trying to wake her up so she could inspect the wound had taken some time. Now that she was awake her hand slowly made it's way to Usagi's back, trying to feel the damage. Usagi muffled a scream as the pain crashed over her in waves. "Sorry." Keleios muttered before going back to inspecting the wound. It was deep, really deep. 'Usa should be dead.' Keleios thought, her eyebrows drawn together in confusion.
Usagi noticed the look and asked, "What's wrong?" Keleios looked up to Usagi's pain filled face.
"You should be dead." Quickly, realizing how that sounded she added, "Not that I'm complaining or anything, but your wound... it's so..." she paused trying to think up a word.
"Painful." Usagi replied with a wince.
"Severe." Keleios stated. "Without a healer you should have died long ago, not that I'm complaining." She said again. She probed the wound again.
"ITAI!" Usagi yelped. Even after twelve years she still slipped once and a while. But then again after twelve years Keleios could also understand most of the language. During class or when ever they didn't want a near by person to understand what they were saying they spoke in Usagi's language.
"I know it hurts but I need to know how bad this is." Keleios told her. She probed the wound for a short while longer before leaning back. "Owatta." She stated, moving away from Usagi.
Usagi looked up at Keleios with a small evil expression and said, "Do you have any injuries?" She gave her a completely innocent smile. Yeah... innocent. Keleios backed away shaking her head no. Usagi giggled a bit then winced. "Ow... Don't make me laugh, it hurts to much..." Keleios smiled and opened her mouth to say something but at that moment the door crashed open.
"You shouldn't laugh at all. You should just scream." The voice didn't match it's owner at all. A musical tenor not anything like it's appearance. Midnight black fur covered it's body while black feathery wings were folded close to it's back, almost totally covering the long silver sword. A lion like head flashed the girls a large grin, showing off long sharp teeth, it's blood red eye's glaring at them. Hooved feet stamped against the cement floor, while clawed hands held a long whip with little metal teeth, like flower petals, on each end. It was a blackmane.
Another demon entered behind the black one. This one was much more suited to the musical tenor. It's body was a shimmering blue green. It was covered with scales like that of a dragon, in fact it looked incredibly close to a dragon. Large leather wings wrapped around it's body, the color of summer skies. When it walked it's long claws rasped against the floor. Green eye's stared at them with a gleam. It's long snout open and he said, "I jussssst can't sssstand the anticssipation." A forked tongue showed the two the reason for the demons speech problems. He carried with him a whip, similar to the other ones, but this one had many strips of leather with one claw at the end of each strip. This demon was a seacoat.
Usagi stood up, leaning heavily on Keleios for support. Keleios glared at the demons and hugged Usagi reassuringly, loosening her grip when her friend winced. "What do you want?" Keleios challenged, stepping in front of Usagi.
The blackmane grinned again and snaked his whip.
The seacoat said, "Harque told us to come here and have our fun."
"What type of fun?" Usagi asked, fear showing in her voice.
"Demon fun." The blackmane said and cracked his whip hard. Usagi and Keleios backed away as the demons laughed even harder...

Crying. That was what Keleios woke to in the darkness of the cement room. 'I thought it was a dream...' she thought, tears slowly coming to her eyes. Slowly her eyes came into focus and she could see Usagi huddled in the corner of the dark room. "Usa..." she whispered, her voice hoarse. She tried to stand, but before she could move so much as an inch pain erupted through out her body. Muffling a scream she tried to curl up and ignore the pain but that just cause more to crash over her. "Ahhhh..." she moaned, getting the attention of Usagi.
Usagi looked up carefully, trying to feel numb, and saw Keleios squirming in pain. Biting her lip she crawled slowly towards Keleios. "Keleios..." She hoarsely whispered, reaching an arm out towards her friend.
Keleios looked up and through the pain she saw Usagi, her features pulled together in concern. Usagi moved to Keleios's back and lifted the tatters of her shirt. "Now I get to inspect your wounds." Usagi laughed softly, trying to make light of their dark situation.
Keleios let a small smile crack through before gasping in a breath at the pain. "Careful." She breathed. She gave a deep hissing breath as Usagi's hand hit the broken skin of her back.
"Oh, Kei-chan, your back is shredded!" Usagi's hoarse voice said, her hands hovering above the damage.
"Don't you think I know that." She laughed, flashing back on the day before.
Shackled to the floor, the back of her shirt ripped away. The sound of the crack of a whip was almost painfully loud. The first tiny bites of the whip into her soft skin was the worst, the pain fresh, new. Again the whip came back slashing into her flesh. Soon it became an insistent beat of the sharp biting teeth. The agony was almost unbearable and she screamed one ragged scream after another, as fast as she could draw in a breath...
The demons had left both girls alone after they had tortured them for hours, the only relief from the pain coming after passing out. Keleios winced again as Usagi brushed her broken skin once more. "Kei-chan, I'm going to try something, please bare with me here." Usagi said softly.
"Wha-" Keleios started before hissing as Usagi pressed her hands into Keleios's flesh. Before she could scream at the intense agony, the pain slowly dispersed. Opening her eye's in wonder. She was still aching but most the pain was gone. A scream burst out of Usagi as she had her arms locked to Keleios's back. Inside of Usagi's head the pain had increased in ten fold and now was almost unbearable. Keleios wrenched away from Usagi's hands and as soon as contact was broken Usagi fell to the floor, breathing deeply.
"What, in the name of Cia, was that?" Keleios said.
Usagi shook her head, wrapping her arms around her body, trying to fight against the pain. Keleios crawled over to Usagi and carefully lift the back of her blood soaked shirt. Usagi's wounds were more creative then her own. Deeper and more straight. Keleios noticed something strange. "Usa..." she started, but then stopped. Now was not the best time. So she asked a different question, "How do we get out of here?"
Usagi and Keleios both stretched out their senses and felt the magical teleport block surround the island. 'So much for that idea.' Usagi thought.
Usagi now asked Keleios, "How do we leave if we can't teleport?"
"You don't leave at all." The tenor voice floated to them.
Keleios turned and saw Barbarros, the blackmane. After a demon has tasted your blood you gain powers over it, like the knowledge of it's true name. But these new powers would not help her here, now. Barbarros was carrying the same whip again, clean now of her blood.
Usagi forced the pain out of her mind and looked up to see Queztl, the seacoat.
"Why are you doing this?" She asked with her pain filled voice.
"Because it's fun." He laughed.

Weeks. It had been weeks since we have been here. Usagi sighed as she thought of when she would die and be free of this hell hole. Small amounts of food had been given to the girls and at first they refuse to eat, but for some twisted reason Harque wanted them alive. Their tormentors finally got them to eat and now Usagi just waited to die from her injuries, but still she did not.
'What was with this!' Usagi thought one day. Her injuries had healed. Usagi had some unnatural ability to heal a lot faster then normal, but the more she got injured the faster she healed herself. At first it had taken days to heal the damage that should have taken weeks, now she was healed before each torture session. She was able to take the pain from Keleios but she had not yet found a way to heal others. Keleios kept on looking at her with a weird expression, but when ever Usagi asked what was wrong all she said was, "Later." Usagi shook these thoughts from her mind as she looked over to where Keleios was sleeping. For the first time she was not whimpering or crying in her sleep. But then again she had no fresh wounds today.
This was the first day that the demons had not come for their fun. Although Usagi was worried as to why she was also relieved. She felt like she had no magic left to take Keleios's pain or even to heal herself. She started to thank every God and Goddess she could think of for just the one day without pain.
The door banged open. 'I thought too soon...' Usagi said to herself wryly. But when she looked up Queztl did not not have his whip nor any other weapon. The blackmane moved in after Queztl and said, "Hurry up!" Queztl advanced on Usagi and she had now learned not to fight. She was jerked to her feet and her arms bound with magic. Even though it was weak magic Usagi knew she could not break it at her present state.
She was shoved out of the room and out into the cool fresh air. Usagi took a deep breath. This was the first time she had seen the sky or breathed fresh air in weeks. She looked a few feet behind her to see Keleios doing the same.
The demons dragged the girl to a hill. Keleios was dragged ahead of her and she looked up to the top.
Harque the Witch stood on that hill, the wind blowing her long black dress. She looked down on the girls and smiled. She held a grey book in her hands and carefully opened it to a page. She laughed and shouted out words to the empty grey sky. You couldn't understand the language but it went something like this, "Mork arc da zard furtl..." She continued for sometime before a swirling blackness began to open up before her. Harque had conjured up a pit from The Book of Grey.
Barbarros held Keleios close to Harque, her arms still bound with magic. Usagi and Belor stood a few feet behind them, Usagi held by Queztl and Belor held by another demon. This one was a dark green. Usagi had almost cried when she saw Belor for it was the first time she had seen him since they left the keep. She had thought he was dead.
Harque turned to face them and Usagi looked into her nearly blind eyes. Harque grinned and it looked twisted on her ugly face. She explained to the trio what she meant to happen to them. Harque meant for Keleios to cross the pit and Belor was to be her second. She meant for Keleios to die. No one could survive the pit. No one. Usagi almost couldn't handle the thought of losing her two best friends.
"By Urle's Holy fire, I shall see you dead!" Keleios hissed, before crying out in pain as Barbarros pulled tightly on her bound arms. If she had not been so drained she would have chanced a spell, but even she had her limits.
Harque turned and said, "That is unlikely, Keleios, for you shall be dead in only a few moments." She laughed again, her dead eyes showing emotion for the first time in years.
Usagi's eye's started to water. She was surprised that she could still cry after all this time.
"Don't cry, we will survive." Belor whispered to Usagi, leaning over in the demons grip. The demon jerked Belor back and he winced, grunting in pain. Usagi gave Belor a small smile, blinking her watery eyes, trying to stop the tears from falling.
"Now!" Harque screamed at Keleios, "You will walk the pit."
Barbarros grinned as he shoved Keleios forward. Doing the only thing she could think of she spit at Harque and said, "I'll see you in hell," before she was shoved into the pit, disappearing from sight.
"NO!" Usagi screamed, tugging on her restraints, unable to stop the tears from trailing down her face. Belor bowed his head, standing in silence. Harque made a signal with her hand and the demon moved Belor towards the pit. Usagi's eye's widened and she pulled so hard on the restraints that she nearly broke her arm. "Onegai! Iie!" she screamed. Harque turned towards her, a questioning look in her dead eyes. Usagi ignored and she prayed, "Onegai, ikiru Keleios-chan to Belor-kun, onegai shimasu. Anata ga irumasu."
She closed her eyes as she saw Belor shoved into the pit after Keleios. 'I can't leave them! I have to help them!' She wrenched her grip free from her tormentor, feeling the bones crack and thick fluids run down her arm. In a burst of speed she ran towards the swirling pit and in a flash of light disappeared along with her two friends.
Harque was startled at first, but then she started to laugh. She had gotten rid of all three at once! It was a dream come true. Turning to her demons she said with a smile, "Take down the shields, we need not waste anymore energy with them." The demon did so and not a second later a bright light burst forth (so original huh?) from the pit. Harque screamed and brought her arms up to protect her face. The shining white light seemed to cause pain to all the evil beings present. Through the light you could see three shadows begin to form. They stepped out, their features still shrouding in darkness, the bright light silhouetting them. Harque gave a small frightened scream before taking a step back, one arm still up as if to ward of any attack.
The light began to fade and Harque could recognize them as Keleios, Usagi and Belor, though they seemed different, more powerful.
"Good bye, Harque." Usagi said softly before they transported away from the island.
"Damn you, Keleios, Damn YOU!"

I know this chapter was kinda weird but it was important! Please don't stop reading (If you still are reading.) Okay it doesn't say much about the pit in the book but it is an important event so I made up how I thought it would happen. So what do you think? Review!!
Any questions? I'll try to answer!
Oh if you need translations for the Japanese tell me and I'll write what they mean at the end of each chapter and if it was already said, I'll just tell you at the beginning. ^_^;
Do you know what? I wrote the end of this chapter before I wrote the beginning and I wrote the middle last! And it was easier then starting from the beginning to the end!
Silver-chan